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Books spine maybe slightly creased due to age and wearpages maybe folded due to previous owners usewe take pride in serving youother details:condition: good
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It is the autobiography of the british soldieroxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battlessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewinner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morein a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basrathis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manthis is his story
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells when sixteen-year-old alfred rosenberg is called into his headmaster's office for anti-semitic remarks he made during a school speech, he is forced, as punishment, to memorize passages about spinoza from the autobiography of the german poet goetherosenberg is stunned to discover that goethe, his idol, was a great admirer of the jewish seventeenth-century philosopher baruch spinozaby imagining the unexpected intersection of spinoza's life with rosenberg's, internationally bestselling novelist irvin dstill, his spinoza obsession lingeredthough his life was short and he lived without means in great isolation, he nonetheless produced works that changed the course of historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morelong after graduation, rosenberg remains haunted by this "spinoza problem": how could the german genius goethe have been inspired by a member of a race rosenberg considers so inferior to his own, a race he was determined to destroy? spinoza himself was no stranger to punishment during his lifetimeyalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 yearsusing his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of spinoza, the saintly secular philosopher, and of rosenberg, the godless mass murdererbecause of his unorthodox religious views, he was excommunicated from the amsterdam jewish community in , at the age of twenty-four, and banished from the only world he had ever known over the years, rosenberg rose through the ranks to become an outspoken nazi ideologue, a faithful servant of hitler, and the main author of racial policy for the third reich
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The singles are from the archive of the former owner of tsrnotes debut single for both band and label4 singles from: waistcoats* / beyond lickin' ?– untitled label: teen scream records ?– tsr-004 format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: garage rock, punk media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic seal11 singles from: the perverts ?– (i'm in love with the) headcoat girl label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, ep country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: garage rock media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic sealare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(teen scream records) al the singles are still new and in a open plastic seal the condition is: media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! note: there is one special single in red vinyl from the firebirds, there only 7 copies madeubangi4 90’s band from the frisian city of leeuwarden the dutch band members ronnie pietersma, leo de blaauw, leo van der rol en herman scheltingathe firebirds band from groningen, the netherlandsmembers: arnold veenkamp, gerhard rinsma, hans dallinga, titus smid, tombaka 13 singles from: the firebirds ?– on special request label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, ep country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: surf, lo-fi, punk media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic sealcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe waistcoats garage rock'n'roll band from groningen, holland formed in by three friends and a dog, according to waistcoats drummer jack "genius" outhuis13 singles from: ubangi 4 ?– red hot rod label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", ep country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: rock & roll media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic seal the perverts dutch garage rock nederbiet band from amsterdam active in the 90'sour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store1 single red vinyl: the firebirds ?– on special request label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, ep, limited edition, 7 singles printed in red vinyl country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: surf, lo-fi, punk media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new single in open plastic sealespecially for vinyl resellers, a total 42 singles from four dutch 90’s garage bands on the label teen scream records (tsr)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetheir sound is heavily influenced by mid-sixties garage and punk-rock
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionlike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through itthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former world6 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled withas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4
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No smoke, no fire: the autobiography of dave jonestitle: no smoke, no fire: the autobiography of dave jonesauthors: andrew warshawcondition: used; goodpublisher: know the score books
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the autobiography of evelyn glennie, the world's first full-time virtuoso percussionist who, since the age of 12, has been profoundly deafit describes her upbringing on a remote scottish farm, her childhood battles against being sent to a school for the deaf and the initial reluctance of the royal academy of music even to interview hersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter three outstanding years as a student, culminating in being awarded the prestigious shell/lso gold medal for percussion and piano, we are taken to her triumphant entry on to the professional music stage, worldwide tours, the excitement of recording her first album, and the honour of a solo concert and the prom season
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This autobiography is concerned with much more than the story of his aeroplanes and his companyoxfam books & music lichfield geoffrey de havilland was one of the world's true pioneers of powered flightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit tells the story of british aviation via the people and events with which he was associated
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autobiography of benvenuto cellinithe binding is based on a mid-16th century italian binding see oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by george bull351 pp of text plus, at the back, illustrations of the works of celliniinternally pristineoxfam bookshop st albans folio society edition
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The autobiography of an unknown indianbook condition:verygood3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sitesbook binding:paperbackeach month we recycle over 2author:chaudhuri, nirad c
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The autobiography of marshel arthur from cornwall who worked in the clay industry district of stoxfam bookshop truro paperback book in a very good condition with black and white photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read more  pages very good
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The autobiography of sir bobby charlton my manchester years james lawton collaborated with sir bobby charlton in writing this book read more
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The countries that the stamps were issued in are the grenada grenadines, great britain, united arab emirates, the former ussr, mongolia, poland, the former czechoslovakia, australia, rwanda and yementhe empire and commonwealth games in , and the commonwealth games in edinburgh ina couple of the used stamps have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the back that can be seenthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps are a little fadedone of the stamps shows the logo of the london olympics ofmany of the stamps in this collection have not been usedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, s, and sthe other sporting events celebrated on the stamps are the international race of peace in poland and the pan american games inthe sports shown on the stamps are fencing, basketball, volleyball, ski-jumping, boxing, pole-vaulting, horse jumping, gymnastics, diving, sailing, running, canoeing, weight-lifting, and wrestlingsome of the used stamps have a little of the printed postmark on themoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 34 stampsthe olympic games and the commonwealth games that the stamps celebrate are the munich summer olympic games, the montreal summer olympic games, the rome olympic games, the rome olympic games of
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Supertramp - the autobiography of supertramp - supertramp cd vgc b11 free p&p
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A resident of hong kong and essex, england, courtauld is former chairman of the keswick foundationtogether with may holdsworth, she wrote the hong kong story, covering the history of the former colony, and the forbidden cityabout the author caroline courtauld is a writer-photographer and a film-maker specialising in burmese and chinese historyin she was the managing editor and an author of the history of the foundation, friendship first - the first thirty yearsher publications have focused on asian travel, history and culture, including in search of burma, and guides to fujian, jiangsu and hong kongcourtauld has been a leading figure in the hospice care movement in hong kong (for which she was awarded an mbe) and now sits on a variety of ngo boards
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Oxfam shop ross-on-wye autobiography of jpr williams read but otherwise good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more some discolouring to spinebook club edition first published in
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Oxfam bookshop lymington fast-paced adventure sequel in which a former special forces soldier is transported back in time and becomes involved in a quest that may shape the futurehowever, it quickly becomes clear to granger that only the elimination of the tyrant king, raven (lochlyn munro), can bring about peace - no small task when the only weapons the former soldier possesses in such a rustic era are his own two fistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevancouver resident granger (dolph lundgren) falls through a time vortex after being attacked in his apartment by a group of assassinsthough he is initially bewildered to find himself in a mediaeval world, he quickly falls in with manhatten (natassia malthe), a woman who believes she can bring relief to her war-torn land by killing a witch known as the holy mother (christina jastrzembska)
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Signed autobiography of the spurs legend and football great jimmy greaves
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Hardback copy amir khan 'a boy from bolton ' the autobiography of amirckhan, unwanted gift, excellent condition
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Hardback copy frankie the autobiography of frankie dettori, excellent condition, unwanted gift
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Alan's autobiography is set against an ever-changing social background and serves to remind the reader of the way things used to beit starts just before the second world war, and covers 73 years of alan duffy's life as an engineer, company owner and family mansigned and dedicated on the front free end paper, by the authorbinding is tightthe pages are in very good condition with clear text and photographsalan's career has been rewarding and interesting and sometimes fraught with danger! occasionally events that have befallen him which seem too funny to be true! my ladder of life encompasses such varied events as alan having an audience with pope john paul 2 and seeing frank sinatra on the same dayalan also writes about his family who have brought infinite love and support to him throughout the yearsthe dust jacket has numerous, slight scratches and some indentationsoxfam bookshop knutsford my ladder of life is a depiction of a time gone by in the lancashire mill town of blackburn'with best wishessee oxfam website for delivery information read morealan duffy' hard back book with dust jacketalan then started a another engineering companythe life of an engineer might appear to be boring but, if alan's own experiences are anything to go by, nothing could be further from the truthalan discovered he had entrepreneurial skills in his early forties and founded a successful engineering company that in three short years he'd sold on to an american corporation he continued to manage the company until when they relocated to the usa
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Oxfam books & music totnes an autobiography of the twentieth century feudal chief of the island of sarkthere is a little wear to the free edges of the text blocksigned on title page " sibyl hathaway dame de sark" (sic) although the title is "of" sarkthe corners are slightly bumpedseveral black and white photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is light foxing and tanning throughoutred cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spineit tells of her unconventional upbringing and covers the second world war when the remnant of the duchy of normandy, now in the possession of the queen of england, was occupied by german troopsundated gift annotation on ffepthe dame "continued to treat the enemy with an off-hand condescension which they clearly found bewildering"heinemann first edition
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place beginning with his birth in andres segovia, the master of the classical guitar, recounts with warmth energy and affection how the first musical seed was cast in his soul with his uncle's singing, was nurtured by his meeting with a strolling flamenco player, and finally caught fire when he first heard the sound of what the flamenco players call 'a fine guitar'moving from seville, valencia, granada, madrid and cordoba, from the salons and artists' cafes to the royal palace, and from the arms of his aunt and uncle into those of many mistressesvery good condition
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Shelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinerear free endpaper has been torn outgiven the choice between working in a factory or going into transport, she chose the latter and became a conductress on a tramoxfam bookshop newport the story of a yorkshire woman who was called upon by the ministry of labour and national service to be directed to work of national importanceblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spineminor foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise lightly but evenly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea heart-warming and touching collection of anecdotes about life as a clippie, and how it impacted upon her life at homevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationendpapers discoloured
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Cover has wear and marks from storage/usesolid binding with some creases to spinethis book, a testimony of faith, courage and the triumph of the human spirit, has become one of the classics of our timeinterior contains no marks, annotation or marginaliasee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback in good condition overalloxfam bookshop newport the moving story of sheila cassidy, a young doctor whose ideals led her to work in chilehere she records, vividly and with compassion, her impressions of a desperate country and its people caught up in intolerable patterns of misery and injustice - injustice which finally led to her own arrest, imprisonment, interrogation and expulsion from the country
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There is some edge and corner wearthere is some generalised tanning and grubbiness throughoutlongmans green hardback, half leather binding showing moderate wear with tears of both the top and bottom of the spine coverrather disarmingly the label is headed second class bookthere is a label on the reverse of the front cover for the cambridge union society libraryit was the third of the 21 novels he wrotedespite all this the book is in very reasonable condition and the binding is firmthere are one or two library stamps scattered in the text and there are two small tears of the end pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes the title is misleading as the author was certainly whyte melville
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Published binding is flawed and the front cover is bent which has ripped the inside of the coveradmiral of the fleet with 16 maps and 46 photographsthere is an inscription on the first pageotherwise in fairly good condition for it's age
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This autobiography, stuffed to the gunwhales with delicious anecdotes, brings his astonishingly colourful story bang up to datesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblowers has been close the the heart of the game for over fifty years and his career has taken him to the far corners of the earththe quintessentially english cricket commentator, writer, oenophile, bon viveur, collector and national treasure, fondly known as blowers, tells his colourful life storyborn in norfolk and educated at eton and cambridge, henry calthorpe blofeld obe, nicknamed blowers by the late brian johnston, is best known as a cricket commentator for test match special on bbc radio 4 and bbc radio 5 live sports extrahis distinctively rich, cut glass voice and his vividly eccentric observations of life on and off the pitch, have made him a household name, not only in britain but around the world, wherever cricket is played
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An autobiography of the scottish lawyer, politician and literary figureoxfam books & music totnes this edition has an introduction by his grandson harry a cockburn and portraits in colour by sir henry raeburn tipped inthe portraits are all in colour and protected by an opaque sheet with identification of the subjectbrown end pagesthere are also some black and white illustrationssome minor stainingfoulis hardback with no djbrown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and front and a small decorative cartouche of a thistlesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinscription on ffepcorners and spine ends bumpedprint block gilt on upper margin and the other margins are rough trimmed
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